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Zhu W, Dong X, Tian N, Feng Z, Zhou W, Song W. CSTB accelerates the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma via the ERK/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway. Heliyon 2024; 10:e23506. [PMID: 38187282 PMCID: PMC10770458 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a significant contributor to global cancer-related deaths, leading to high mortality rates. However, the pathogenesis of HCC remains unclear. In this research, by the bioinformatics data analysis, we found that elevated CSTB expression correlated with advanced disease and predicted diminished overall survival (OS) in HCC patients. We subsequently verified the oncogenic role of CSTB as well as the potential underlying mechanisms in HCC through a series of in vitro experiments, such as CCK-8 assays, cloning assays, flow cytometry, Transwell assays, and western blotting. Our findings illustrated that the silencing of CSTB effectively suppressed cellular proliferation by inducing cell cycle arrest in the G2 phase and impaired HCC cell invasion and migration by stimulating epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Additionally, we analyzed the pathways enriched in HCC using RNA sequencing and found that the ERK/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway was related to increased CSTB expression in HCC. Finally, we confirmed the tumorigenic role of CSTB via in vivo experiments. Thus, our findings revealed that silencing CSTB inhibited the HCC progression via the ERK/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway, highlighting new perspectives for investigating the mechanisms of HCC.
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- Weiyi Zhu
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Medical Research in Cognitive Development and Learning and Memory Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Medical Research in Cognitive Development and Learning and Memory Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Medical Research in Cognitive Development and Learning and Memory Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Medical Research in Cognitive Development and Learning and Memory Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Medical Research in Cognitive Development and Learning and Memory Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Medical Research in Cognitive Development and Learning and Memory Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Institute of Aging, Key Laboratory of Alzheimer's Disease of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, School of Mental Health and Kangning Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, China
- Oujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325001, China
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Meng Y, Lin S, Niu K, Ma Z, Lin H, Fan H. Vimentin affects inflammation and neutrophil recruitment in airway epithelium during Streptococcus suis serotype 2 infection. Vet Res 2023; 54:7. [PMID: 36717839 PMCID: PMC9885403 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-023-01135-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (SS2) frequently colonizes the swine upper respiratory tract and can cause Streptococcal disease in swine with clinical manifestations of pneumonia, meningitis, and septicemia. Previously, we have shown that vimentin, a kind of intermediate filament protein, is involved in the penetration of SS2 through the tracheal epithelial barrier. The initiation of invasive disease is closely related to SS2-induced excessive local inflammation; however, the role of vimentin in airway epithelial inflammation remains unclear. Here, we show that vimentin deficient mice exhibit attenuated lung injury, diminished production of proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and the IL-8 homolog, keratinocyte-derived chemokine (KC), and substantially reduced neutrophils in the lungs following intranasal infection with SS2. We also found that swine tracheal epithelial cells (STEC) without vimentin show decreased transcription of IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-8. SS2 infection caused reassembly of vimentin in STEC, and pharmacological disruption of vimentin filaments prevented the transcription of those proinflammatory cytokines. Furthermore, deficiency of vimentin failed to increase the transcription of nucleotide oligomerization domain protein 2 (NOD2), which is known to interact with vimentin, and the phosphorylation of NF-κB protein p65. This study provides insights into how vimentin promotes excessive airway inflammation, thereby exacerbating airway injury and SS2-induced systemic infection.
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- Yu Meng
- grid.27871.3b0000 0000 9750 7019MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.27871.3b0000 0000 9750 7019MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.27871.3b0000 0000 9750 7019MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.27871.3b0000 0000 9750 7019MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.27871.3b0000 0000 9750 7019MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.27871.3b0000 0000 9750 7019MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China ,grid.268415.cJiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Poitras T, Zochodne DW. Unleashing Intrinsic Growth Pathways in Regenerating Peripheral Neurons. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:13566. [PMID: 36362354 PMCID: PMC9654452 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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Common mechanisms of peripheral axon regeneration are recruited following diverse forms of damage to peripheral nerve axons. Whether the injury is traumatic or disease related neuropathy, reconnection of axons to their targets is required to restore function. Supporting peripheral axon regrowth, while not yet available in clinics, might be accomplished from several directions focusing on one or more of the complex stages of regrowth. Direct axon support, with follow on participation of supporting Schwann cells is one approach, emphasized in this review. However alternative approaches might include direct support of Schwann cells that instruct axons to regrow, manipulation of the inflammatory milieu to prevent ongoing bystander axon damage, or use of inflammatory cytokines as growth factors. Axons may be supported by a growing list of growth factors, extending well beyond the classical neurotrophin family. The understanding of growth factor roles continues to expand but their impact experimentally and in humans has faced serious limitations. The downstream signaling pathways that impact neuron growth have been exploited less frequently in regeneration models and rarely in human work, despite their promise and potency. Here we review the major regenerative signaling cascades that are known to influence adult peripheral axon regeneration. Within these pathways there are major checkpoints or roadblocks that normally check unwanted growth, but are an impediment to robust growth after injury. Several molecular roadblocks, overlapping with tumour suppressor systems in oncology, operate at the level of the perikarya. They have impacts on overall neuron plasticity and growth. A second approach targets proteins that largely operate at growth cones. Addressing both sites might offer synergistic benefits to regrowing neurons. This review emphasizes intrinsic aspects of adult peripheral axon regeneration, emphasizing several molecular barriers to regrowth that have been studied in our laboratory.
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G3, Canada
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Sivagurunathan S, Vahabikashi A, Yang H, Zhang J, Vazquez K, Rajasundaram D, Politanska Y, Abdala-Valencia H, Notbohm J, Guo M, Adam SA, Goldman RD. Expression of vimentin alters cell mechanics, cell-cell adhesion, and gene expression profiles suggesting the induction of a hybrid EMT in human mammary epithelial cells. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:929495. [PMID: 36200046 PMCID: PMC9527304 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.929495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vimentin is a Type III intermediate filament (VIF) cytoskeletal protein that regulates the mechanical and migratory behavior of cells. Its expression is considered to be a marker for the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) that takes place in tumor metastasis. However, the molecular mechanisms regulated by the expression of vimentin in the EMT remain largely unexplored. We created MCF7 epithelial cell lines expressing vimentin from a cumate-inducible promoter to address this question. When vimentin expression was induced in these cells, extensive cytoplasmic VIF networks were assembled accompanied by changes in the organization of the endogenous keratin intermediate filament networks and disruption of desmosomes. Significant reductions in intercellular forces by the cells expressing VIFs were measured by quantitative monolayer traction force and stress microscopy. In contrast, laser trapping micro-rheology revealed that the cytoplasm of MCF7 cells expressing VIFs was stiffer than the uninduced cells. Vimentin expression activated transcription of genes involved in pathways responsible for cell migration and locomotion. Importantly, the EMT related transcription factor TWIST1 was upregulated only in wild type vimentin expressing cells and not in cells expressing a mutant non-polymerized form of vimentin, which only formed unit length filaments (ULF). Taken together, our results suggest that vimentin expression induces a hybrid EMT correlated with the upregulation of genes involved in cell migration.
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- Suganya Sivagurunathan
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , MA, United States
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- Biophysics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
- Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Biophysics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
- Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , MA, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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Harris J, Borg NA. The multifaceted roles of NLRP3-modulating proteins in virus infection. Front Immunol 2022; 13:987453. [PMID: 36110852 PMCID: PMC9468583 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.987453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The innate immune response to viruses is critical for the correct establishment of protective adaptive immunity. Amongst the many pathways involved, the NLRP3 [nucleotide-binding oligomerisation domain (NOD)-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3)] inflammasome has received considerable attention, particularly in the context of immunity and pathogenesis during infection with influenza A (IAV) and SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. Activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome results in the secretion of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18, commonly coupled with pyroptotic cell death. While this mechanism is protective and key to host defense, aberrant NLRP3 inflammasome activation causes a hyperinflammatory response and excessive release of cytokines, both locally and systemically. Here, we discuss key molecules in the NLRP3 pathway that have also been shown to have significant roles in innate and adaptive immunity to viruses, including DEAD box helicase X-linked (DDX3X), vimentin and macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). We also discuss the clinical opportunities to suppress NLRP3-mediated inflammation and reduce disease severity.
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- James Harris
- Cell Biology Assays Team, Biomedical Manufacturing, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Centre for Inflammatory diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Immunity and Immune Evasion Laboratory, Chronic Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Research, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
- Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Hashemi Karoii D, Azizi H. A review of protein-protein interaction and signaling pathway of Vimentin in cell regulation, morphology and cell differentiation in normal cells. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2022; 42:512-520. [PMID: 35296221 DOI: 10.1080/10799893.2022.2047199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The Vimentin intermediate filament (VIF) is an essential cytoskeleton component. It shows dynamically changing expression patterns throughout various phases of the differentiation process, suggesting that the protein is physiologically important. Vimentin's essential functions have recently been clear, so Vimentin-deficient of animals was described as a change of morphology and signaling pathway. Recent research has discovered many vital roles for Vimentin that were previously unknown. VIF emerges as an organizer of many essential proteins involved in movement and cell signaling. The highly dynamic and complicated phosphorylation of VIF seems to be a regulator mechanism for various activities. Changes in IF expression patterns are often linked with cancer progression, especially those leading to enhanced invasion and cellular migration. This review will discuss the function of Vimentin intermediate filaments in normal cell physiology, cell adhesion structures, cell shape, and signaling pathways. The genes interaction and gene network linked with Vimentin will be discussed in more studies. However, research aimed at understanding the function of Vimentin in different signaling cascades and gene interactions might offer novel methods for creating therapeutic medicines. Enrichr GEO datasets used gene ontology (GO) and pathway enrichment analyses. STRING online was used to predict the functional connections of proteins-proteins, followed by Cytoscape analysis to find the master genes. Cytoscape and STRING research revealed that eight genes, Fas, Casp8, Casp6, Fadd, Ripk1, Des, Tnnc2, and Tnnt3, were required for protein-protein interactions with Vimentin genes involved in cell differentiation.
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- Danial Hashemi Karoii
- Faculty of Biotechnology, Amol University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol, Iran
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, Amol University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol, Iran
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Hsu PY, Chen JL, Kuo SL, Wang WL, Jan FW, Yang SH, Yang CY. San-Zhong-Kui-Jian-Tang Exerts Antitumor Effects Associated With Decreased Cell Proliferation and Metastasis by Targeting ERK and the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Pathway in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Integr Cancer Ther 2022; 21:15347354221134921. [PMID: 36404765 PMCID: PMC9679344 DOI: 10.1177/15347354221134921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is an aggressive cancer whose 5-year survival rate remains poor. San-Zhong-Kui-Jian-Tang (SZKJT), a Chinese herbal formula, has long been used in clinical practice as adjuvant therapy in cancers. However, its therapeutic effects and molecular mechanisms in OSCC remain unclear. METHODS We investigated the potential therapeutic effects and molecular mechanism of SZKJT in OSCC in tumor cell lines and in tumor xenograft mice and evaluated combined SZKJT and cisplatin treatment efficacy. In vitro-cultured OSCC cells were administered SZKJT at different doses or SZKJT plus cisplatin, and cell proliferation, colony formation assays, and cell cycle analysis were used to assess the effects on cancer cell proliferation and apoptosis. We also analyzed the effects of SZKJT on oral cancer cell line migration, the regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-associated genes. The antitumor effects of SZKJT plus cisplatin were also tested in vivo using a tumor-bearing NOD/SCID mice model. RESULTS The results showed that SZKJT effectively inhibited OSCC cell proliferation, induced cell cycle S phase arrest, and induced cell apoptosis. SZKJT also inhibited cell migration by modulating the MAPK signaling and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) pathway. Further exploration suggested that SZKJT affects OSCC by modulating ERK pathway; downregulating vimentin, fibronectin, and Oct-4; and upregulating E-cadherin. In vivo, SZKJT significantly inhibited tumor growth, and SZKJT and cisplatin exerted synergistic antitumor effects in model animals. CONCLUSIONS SZKJT exerts antitumor effects in OSCC cells. Additionally, SZKJT and cisplatin exhibit synergy in OSCC treatment. These findings support the clinical usage of Chinese herbal formulas as adjuvant therapy with chemotherapy in cancer treatment.
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- Pei-Yu Hsu
- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Scott KF, Mann TJ, Fatima S, Sajinovic M, Razdan A, Kim RR, Cooper A, Roohullah A, Bryant KJ, Gamage KK, Harman DG, Vafaee F, Graham GG, Church WB, Russell PJ, Dong Q, de Souza P. Human Group IIA Phospholipase A 2-Three Decades on from Its Discovery. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26237267. [PMID: 34885848 PMCID: PMC8658914 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26237267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 11/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) enzymes were first recognized as an enzyme activity class in 1961. The secreted (sPLA2) enzymes were the first of the five major classes of human PLA2s to be identified and now number nine catalytically-active structurally homologous proteins. The best-studied of these, group IIA sPLA2, has a clear role in the physiological response to infection and minor injury and acts as an amplifier of pathological inflammation. The enzyme has been a target for anti-inflammatory drug development in multiple disorders where chronic inflammation is a driver of pathology since its cloning in 1989. Despite intensive effort, no clinically approved medicines targeting the enzyme activity have yet been developed. This review catalogues the major discoveries in the human group IIA sPLA2 field, focusing on features of enzyme function that may explain this lack of success and discusses future research that may assist in realizing the potential benefit of targeting this enzyme. Functionally-selective inhibitors together with isoform-selective inhibitors are necessary to limit the apparent toxicity of previous drugs. There is also a need to define the relevance of the catalytic function of hGIIA to human inflammatory pathology relative to its recently-discovered catalysis-independent function.
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- Kieran F. Scott
- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia; (T.J.M.); (S.F.); (A.C.); (A.R.); (P.d.S.)
- Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia; (M.S.); (A.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +61-2-8738-9026
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- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia; (T.J.M.); (S.F.); (A.C.); (A.R.); (P.d.S.)
- Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia; (M.S.); (A.R.)
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- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia; (T.J.M.); (S.F.); (A.C.); (A.R.); (P.d.S.)
- Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia; (M.S.); (A.R.)
- School of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia;
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- Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia; (M.S.); (A.R.)
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- Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia; (M.S.); (A.R.)
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; (R.R.K.); (W.B.C.)
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- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia; (T.J.M.); (S.F.); (A.C.); (A.R.); (P.d.S.)
- Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia; (M.S.); (A.R.)
- Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia
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- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia; (T.J.M.); (S.F.); (A.C.); (A.R.); (P.d.S.)
- Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia; (M.S.); (A.R.)
- Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia
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- School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia;
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia; (K.K.G.); (D.G.H.)
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia; (K.K.G.); (D.G.H.)
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- School of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia;
- UNSW Data Science Hub, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia;
- School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; (R.R.K.); (W.B.C.)
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- Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre—QUT, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia;
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- Chinese Medicine Anti-Cancer Evaluation Program, Greg Brown Laboratory, Central Clinical School and Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;
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- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia; (T.J.M.); (S.F.); (A.C.); (A.R.); (P.d.S.)
- Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia; (M.S.); (A.R.)
- School of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Zhang S, Li H, Li L, Gao Q, Gu L, Hu C, Chen M, Zhang X. Ophiopogonin B inhibits migration and invasion in non-small cell lung cancer cells through enhancing the interaction between Axin and β-catenin. J Cancer 2021; 12:6274-6284. [PMID: 34539900 PMCID: PMC8425213 DOI: 10.7150/jca.60066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Ophiopogonin B (OP-B), a kind of saponin compound that exists in Radix Ophiopogonis is frequently adopted for the treatment of lung disease as traditional Chinese medicine. The present work aimed to explore the anti-tumor activity of OP-B on non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and its possible mechanism. We found that OP-B-treated cells suppressed the viability and proliferation of cells depending on its concentration, as assayed by MTT and Alamar Blue (IC50 were 14.22 ± 1.94, 12.14 ± 2.01, and 16.11 ± 1.83 μM in A549, NCI-H1299, and NCI-H460 cells, respectively). Then, the suppressive effect of OP-B on the invasion and migration of NSCLC was observed through wound healing and Transwell assays, and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers was detected by immunofluorescence and western blotting. In addition, a dose-dependent reduction of β-catenin both within cytoplasm and nucleus was observed, and the downstream proteins cyclin D1 and c-Myc of Wnt/β-catenin pathway were also reduced. We further constructed β-catenin-overexpression cell models to reveal the underlying mechanism. The results showed that 10 μM of OP-B notably reduced β-catenin protein levels, as well as cell migration and invasion. In spite of the increasement of β-catenin, activation of Wnt pathway and EMT progression, knockdown of Axin leaded to de-function of OP-B on cell metastasis. Taken together, OP-B reduced NSCLC migration and invasion by strengthening the Axin/β-catenin interaction and reducing β-catenin protein translocation.
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- Shiping Zhang
- School of Medicine &Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, P.R. China
- Health center, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine &Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine &Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine &Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine &Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine &Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine &Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine &Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, P.R. China
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Bhatt M, Patel M, Adnan M, Reddy MN. Anti-Metastatic Effects of Lupeol via the Inhibition of MAPK/ERK Pathway in Lung Cancer. Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2021; 21:201-206. [PMID: 32329697 DOI: 10.2174/1871520620666200424131548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2019] [Revised: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE ERK pathway is one of the most crucial pathways in lung cancer metastasis. Targeting its pathway is decisive in lung cancer research. Thus, this study demonstrated for the first time for significant and selective anti-metastatic effects of lupeol against lung cancer A549 cells via perturbations in the ERK signaling pathway. MATERIALS AND METHODS Human protein targets of lupeol were predicted in silico. Migration and cytotoxicity assays were carried out in vitro. Expression levels of proteins Erk1/2 and pErk1/2 were ensured using Enzyme- Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). Semi-quantitative RT-PCR technique was used to estimate changes in crucial mesenchymal marker gene expression levels of N-cadherin and vimentin. RESULTS Lupeol was found to target ERK and MEK proteins effectively. Despite having no cytotoxic effects, lupeol also significantly inhibited cell migration in A549 cells with decreased expression of the pErk1/2 protein along with N-cadherin and vimentin genes. CONCLUSION Lupeol inhibits cell migration, showed no cytotoxic effects on A549 cells, decreased pErk1/2 and EMT gene expression. Thus, it can serve as a potential ERK pathway inhibitor in lung cancer therapeutics.
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- Mital Bhatt
- Bapalal Vaidya Botanical Research Centre, Department of Biosciences, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India
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- Bapalal Vaidya Botanical Research Centre, Department of Biosciences, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, P O Box 2440, Saudi Arabia
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- Bapalal Vaidya Botanical Research Centre, Department of Biosciences, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India
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Kim JE, Han D, Jeong JS, Moon JJ, Moon HK, Lee S, Kim YC, Yoo KD, Lee JW, Kim DK, Kwon YJ, Kim YS, Yang SH. Multisample Mass Spectrometry-Based Approach for Discovering Injury Markers in Chronic Kidney Disease. Mol Cell Proteomics 2021; 20:100037. [PMID: 33453410 PMCID: PMC7950200 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra120.002159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Urinary proteomics studies have primarily focused on identifying markers of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression. Here, we aimed to determine urinary markers of CKD renal parenchymal injury through proteomics analysis in animal kidney tissues and cells and in the urine of patients with CKD. Label-free quantitative proteomics analysis based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was performed on urine samples obtained from 6 normal controls and 9, 11, and 10 patients with CKD stages 1, 3, and 5, respectively, and on kidney tissue samples from a rat CKD model by 5/6 nephrectomy. Tandem mass tag-based quantitative proteomics analysis was performed for glomerular endothelial cells (GECs) and proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTECs) before and after inducing 24-h hypoxia injury. Upon hierarchical clustering, out of 858 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in the urine of CKD patients, the levels of 416 decreased and 403 increased sequentially according to the disease stage, respectively. Among 2965 DEPs across 5/6 nephrectomized and sham-operated rat kidney tissues, 86 DEPs showed same expression patterns in the urine and kidney tissue. After cross-validation with two external animal proteome data sets, 38 DEPs were organized; only ten DEPs, including serotransferrin, gelsolin, poly ADP-ribose polymerase 1, neuroblast differentiation-associated protein AHNAK, microtubule-associated protein 4, galectin-1, protein S, thymosin beta-4, myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate, and vimentin, were finalized by screening human GECs and PTECs data. Among these ten potential candidates for universal CKD marker, validation analyses for protein S and galectin-1 were conducted. Galectin-1 was observed to have a significant inverse correlation with renal function as well as higher expression in glomerulus with chronic injury than protein S. This constitutes the first multisample proteomics study for identifying key renal-expressed proteins associated with CKD progression. The discovered proteins represent potential markers of chronic renal cell and tissue damage and candidate contributors to CKD pathophysiology.
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- Ji Eun Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Proteomics Core Facility, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Gangwon-Do, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea
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- Nephrology Clinic, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Behl T, Sharma A, Sharma L, Sehgal A, Zengin G, Brata R, Fratila O, Bungau S. Exploring the Multifaceted Therapeutic Potential of Withaferin A and Its Derivatives. Biomedicines 2020; 8:E571. [PMID: 33291236 PMCID: PMC7762146 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines8120571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Withaferin A (WA), a manifold studied, C28-steroidal lactone withanolide found in Withania somnifera. Given its unique beneficial effects, it has gathered attention in the era of modern science. Cancer, being considered a "hopeless case and the leading cause of death worldwide, and the available conventional therapies have many lacunae in the form of side effects. The poly pharmaceutical natural compound, WA treatment, displayed attenuation of various cancer hallmarks by altering oxidative stress, promoting apoptosis, and autophagy, inhibiting cell proliferation, reducing angiogenesis, and metastasis progression. The cellular proteins associated with antitumor pathways were also discussed. WA structural modifications attack multiple signal transduction pathways and enhance the therapeutic outcomes in various diseases. Moreover, it has shown validated pharmacological effects against multiple neurodegenerative diseases by inhibiting acetylcholesterinases and butyrylcholinesterases enzyme activity, antidiabetic activity by upregulating adiponectin and preventing the phosphorylation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARγ), cardioprotective activity by AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation and suppressing mitochondrial apoptosis. The current review is an extensive survey of various WA associated disease targets, its pharmacokinetics, synergistic combination, modifications, and biological activities.
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- Tapan Behl
- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab 140401, India;
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh 173229, India; (A.S.); (L.S.)
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh 173229, India; (A.S.); (L.S.)
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab 140401, India;
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Selcuk University Campus, Konya 42250, Turkey;
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- Department of Medical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410073 Oradea, Romania; (R.B.); (O.F.)
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- Department of Medical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410073 Oradea, Romania; (R.B.); (O.F.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410028 Oradea, Romania
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A Representative GIIA Phospholipase A 2 Activates Preadipocytes to Produce Inflammatory Mediators Implicated in Obesity Development. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10121593. [PMID: 33255269 PMCID: PMC7760919 DOI: 10.3390/biom10121593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Adipose tissue secretes proinflammatory mediators which promote systemic and adipose tissue inflammation seen in obesity. Group IIA (GIIA)-secreted phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) enzymes are found to be elevated in plasma and adipose tissue from obese patients and are active during inflammation, generating proinflammatory mediators, including prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). PGE2 exerts anti-lipolytic actions and increases triacylglycerol levels in adipose tissue. However, the inflammatory actions of GIIA sPLA2s in adipose tissue cells and mechanisms leading to increased PGE2 levels in these cells are unclear. This study investigates the ability of a representative GIIA sPLA2, MT-III, to activate proinflammatory responses in preadipocytes, focusing on the biosynthesis of prostaglandins, adipocytokines and mechanisms involved in these effects. Our results showed that MT-III induced biosynthesis of PGE2, PGI2, MCP-1, IL-6 and gene expression of leptin and adiponectin in preadipocytes. The MT-III-induced PGE2 biosynthesis was dependent on cytosolic PLA2 (cPLA2)-α, cyclooxygenases (COX)-1 and COX-2 pathways and regulated by a positive loop via the EP4 receptor. Moreover, MT-III upregulated COX-2 and microsomal prostaglandin synthase (mPGES)-1 protein expression. MCP-1 biosynthesis induced by MT-III was dependent on the EP4 receptor, while IL-6 biosynthesis was dependent on EP3 receptor engagement by PGE2. These data highlight preadipocytes as targets for GIIA sPLA2s and provide insight into the roles played by this group of sPLA2s in obesity.
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Sjöqvist M, Antfolk D, Suarez-Rodriguez F, Sahlgren C. From structural resilience to cell specification - Intermediate filaments as regulators of cell fate. FASEB J 2020; 35:e21182. [PMID: 33205514 PMCID: PMC7839487 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202001627r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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During the last decades intermediate filaments (IFs) have emerged as important regulators of cellular signaling events, ascribing IFs with functions beyond the structural support they provide. The organ and developmental stage‐specific expression of IFs regulate cell differentiation within developing or remodeling tissues. Lack of IFs causes perturbed stem cell differentiation in vasculature, intestine, nervous system, and mammary gland, in transgenic mouse models. The aberrant cell fate decisions are caused by deregulation of different stem cell signaling pathways, such as Notch, Wnt, YAP/TAZ, and TGFβ. Mutations in genes coding for IFs cause an array of different diseases, many related to stem cell dysfunction, but the molecular mechanisms remain unresolved. Here, we provide a comprehensive overview of how IFs interact with and regulate the activity, localization and function of different signaling proteins in stem cells, and how the assembly state and PTM profile of IFs may affect these processes. Identifying when, where and how IFs and cell signaling congregate, will expand our understanding of IF‐linked stem cell dysfunction during development and disease.
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- Marika Sjöqvist
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Cell Biology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.,Turku Bioscience, Åbo Akademi University and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Cell Biology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.,Turku Bioscience, Åbo Akademi University and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Cell Biology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.,Turku Bioscience, Åbo Akademi University and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Cell Biology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.,Turku Bioscience, Åbo Akademi University and University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Vimentin is one of the first cytoplasmic intermediate filaments to be expressed in mammalian cells during embryogenesis, but its role in cellular fitness has long been a mystery. Vimentin is acknowledged to play a role in cell stiffness, cell motility, and cytoplasmic organization, yet it is widely considered to be dispensable for cellular function and organismal development. Here, we show that Vimentin plays a role in cellular stress response in differentiating cells, by recruiting aggregates, stress granules, and RNA-binding proteins, directing their elimination and asymmetric partitioning. In the absence of Vimentin, pluripotent embryonic stem cells fail to differentiate properly, with a pronounced deficiency in neuronal differentiation. Our results uncover a novel function for Vimentin, with important implications for development, tissue homeostasis, and in particular, stress response.
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Jin LQ, John BH, Hu J, Selzer ME. Activated Erk Is an Early Retrograde Signal After Spinal Cord Injury in the Lamprey. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:580692. [PMID: 33250705 PMCID: PMC7674770 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.580692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We previously reported that spinal cord transection (TX) in the lamprey causes mRNA to accumulate in the injured tips of large reticulospinal (RS) axons. We sought to determine whether this mRNA accumulation results from phosphorylation and transport of retrograde signals, similar to what has been reported in mammalian peripheral nerve. Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (Erk), mediates the neurite outgrowth-promoting effects of many neurotrophic factors. To assess the role of Erk in retrograde signaling of RS axon injury, we used immunoblot and immunohistochemistry to determine the changes in phosphorylated Erk (p-Erk) in the spinal cord after spinal cord TX. Immunostaining for p-Erk increased within axons and local cell bodies, most heavily within the 1-2 mm closest to the TX site, at between 3 and 6 h post-TX. In axons, p-Erk was concentrated in 3-5 μm granules that became less numerous with distance from the TX. The retrograde molecular motor dynein colocalized with p-Erk, but vimentin, which in peripheral nerve was reported to participate with p-Erk as part of a retrograde signal complex, did not colocalize with p-Erk, even though vimentin levels were elevated post-TX. The results suggest that p-Erk, but not vimentin, may function as a retrograde axotomy signal in lamprey central nervous system neurons, and that this signal may induce transcription of mRNA, which is then transported down the axon to its injured tip.
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- Li-Qing Jin
- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Department of Neurology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Kim RR, Chen Z, J. Mann T, Bastard K, F. Scott K, Church WB. Structural and Functional Aspects of Targeting the Secreted Human Group IIA Phospholipase A 2. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25194459. [PMID: 32998383 PMCID: PMC7583969 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Human group IIA secretory phospholipase A2 (hGIIA) promotes the proliferation of cancer cells, making it a compelling therapeutic target, but it is also significant in other inflammatory conditions. Consequently, suitable inhibitors of hGIIA have always been sought. The activation of phospholipases A2 and the catalysis of glycerophospholipid substrates generally leads to the release of fatty acids such as arachidonic acid (AA) and lysophospholipid, which are then converted to mediator compounds, including prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and the platelet-activating factor. However, this ability of hGIIA to provide AA is not a complete explanation of its biological role in inflammation, as it has now been shown that it also exerts proinflammatory effects by a catalysis-independent mechanism. This mechanism is likely to be highly dependent on key specific molecular interactions, and the full mechanistic descriptions of this remain elusive. The current candidates for the protein partners that may mediate this catalysis-independent mechanism are also introduced in this review. A key discovery has been that selective inhibition of the catalysis-independent activity of hGIIA is achieved with cyclised derivatives of a pentapeptide, FLSYK, derived from the primary sequence of hGIIA. The effects of hGIIA on cell function appear to vary depending on the pathology studied, and so its mechanism of action is complex and context-dependent. This review is comprehensive and covers the most recent developments in the understanding of the many facets of hGIIA function and inhibition and the insight they provide into their clinical application for disease treatment. A cyclic analogue of FLSYK, c2, the most potent analogue known, has now been taken into clinical trials targeting advanced prostate cancer.
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- Ryung Rae Kim
- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; (R.R.K.); (Z.C.); (K.B.)
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; (R.R.K.); (Z.C.); (K.B.)
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- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Centre for Oncology, Education and Research Translation and The Ingham Institute, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia;
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; (R.R.K.); (Z.C.); (K.B.)
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- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Centre for Oncology, Education and Research Translation and The Ingham Institute, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia;
- Correspondence: (K.F.S.); (W.B.C.); Tel.: +61-2-8738-9026 (K.F.S.); +61-2-9036-6569 (W.B.C.)
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; (R.R.K.); (Z.C.); (K.B.)
- Correspondence: (K.F.S.); (W.B.C.); Tel.: +61-2-8738-9026 (K.F.S.); +61-2-9036-6569 (W.B.C.)
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Roy S, Kapoor A, Zhu F, Mukhopadhyay R, Ghosh AK, Lee H, Mazzone J, Posner GH, Arav-Boger R. Artemisinins target the intermediate filament protein vimentin for human cytomegalovirus inhibition. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:15013-15028. [PMID: 32855235 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.014116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The antimalarial agents artemisinins inhibit cytomegalovirus (CMV) in vitro and in vivo, but their target(s) has been elusive. Using a biotin-labeled artemisinin, we identified the intermediate filament protein vimentin as an artemisinin target, validated by detailed biochemical and biological assays. We provide insights into the dynamic and unique modulation of vimentin, depending on the stage of human CMV (HCMV) replication. In vitro, HCMV entry and viral progeny are reduced in vimentin-deficient fibroblasts, compared with control cells. Similarly, mouse CMV (MCMV) replication in vimentin knockout mice is significantly reduced compared with controls in vivo, confirming the requirement of vimentin for establishment of infection. Early after HCMV infection of human foreskin fibroblasts vimentin level is stable, but as infection proceeds, vimentin is destabilized, concurrent with its phosphorylation and virus-induced calpain activity. Intriguingly, in vimentin-overexpressing cells, HCMV infection is reduced compared with control cells. Binding of artesunate, an artemisinin monomer, to vimentin prevents virus-induced vimentin degradation, decreasing vimentin phosphorylation at Ser-55 and Ser-83 and resisting calpain digestion. In vimentin-deficient fibroblasts, the anti-HCMV activity of artesunate is reduced compared with controls. In summary, an intact and stable vimentin network is important for the initiation of HCMV replication but hinders its completion. Artesunate binding to vimentin early during infection stabilizes it and antagonizes subsequent HCMV-mediated vimentin destabilization, thus suppressing HCMV replication. Our target discovery should enable the identification of vimentin-binding sites and compound moieties for binding.
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- Sujayita Roy
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Center for Biomolecular Science and Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
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Kim HW, Jeong YJ, Hwang SK, Park YY, Choi YH, Kim CH, Magae J, Chang YC. Ascofuranone inhibits epidermal growth factor-induced cell migration by blocking epithelial-mesenchymal transition in lung cancer cells. Eur J Pharmacol 2020; 880:173199. [PMID: 32439259 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ascofuranone, an isoprenoid antibiotic initially purified from a culture broth of Ascochyta viciae, has multiple anticancer effects. However, the impacts of ascofuranone on the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced effects on human lung cancer cell lines have not been previously reported. Here, we show that ascofuranone exerts its anticancer effects by inhibiting the EGF-induced EMT and cell migration in human lung cancer cell lines. Ascofuranone significantly inhibited EGF-induced migration and invasion by lung cancer cells, and suppressed EGF-induced morphologic changes by regulating the expression of EMT-associated proteins. In addition, ascofuranone upregulated E-cadherin, and downregulated fibronectin, vimentin, Slug, Snail, and Twist. Inhibition of ERK/AKT/mTOR promoted EGF-induced E-cadherin downregulation and inhibited EGF-induced vimentin upregulation in response to ascofuranone, implying that inhibition of the EGF-induced EMT by ascofuranone was mediated by the ERK and AKT/mTOR pathways. Inhibition of c-Myc suppressed EGF-induced vimentin upregulation, suggesting the involvement of c-Myc. Collectively, these findings suggest that ascofuranone inhibits tumor growth by blocking the EGF-induced EMT through a regulatory mechanism involving ERK, AKT/mTOR, and c-Myc in lung cancer cells.
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- Hyo-Weon Kim
- Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, 42472, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, 42472, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, 42472, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, 42472, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dong-eui University College of Korean Medicine, Busan, 47227, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Kyunggi-Do, 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- Magae Bioscience Institute, 49-4 Fujimidai, Tsukuba, 300-1263, Japan
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- Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, 42472, Republic of Korea.
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Vimentin prevents a miR-dependent negative regulation of tissue factor mRNA during epithelial-mesenchymal transitions and facilitates early metastasis. Oncogene 2020; 39:3680-3692. [PMID: 32152404 PMCID: PMC7190572 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-1244-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMTs) are high-profile in the field of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). EMT-shifted CTCs are considered to encompass pre-metastatic subpopulations though underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Our previous work identified tissue factor (TF) as an EMT-induced gene providing tumor cells with coagulant properties and supporting metastatic colonization by CTCs. We here report that vimentin, the type III intermediate filament considered a canonical EMT marker, contributes to TF regulation and positively supports coagulant properties and early metastasis. Different evidence further pointed to a new post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism of TF mRNA by vimentin: (1) vimentin silencing accelerated TF mRNA decay after actinomycin D treatment, reflecting TF mRNA stabilization, (2) RNA immunoprecipitation revealed enriched levels of TF mRNA in vimentin immunoprecipitate, (3) TF 3'-UTR-luciferase reporter vector assays implicated the 3'-UTR of TF mRNA in vimentin-dependent TF regulation, and (4) using different TF 3'UTR-luciferase reporter vectors mutated for potential miR binding sites and specific Target Site Blockers identified a key miR binding site in vimentin-dependent TF mRNA regulation. All together, these data support a novel mechanism by which vimentin interferes with a miR-dependent negative regulation of TF mRNA, thereby promoting coagulant activity and early metastasis of vimentin-expressing CTCs.
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Bott CJ, Winckler B. Intermediate filaments in developing neurons: Beyond structure. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2020; 77:110-128. [PMID: 31970897 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Neuronal development relies on a highly choreographed progression of dynamic cellular processes by which newborn neurons migrate, extend axons and dendrites, innervate their targets, and make functional synapses. Many of these dynamic processes require coordinated changes in morphology, powered by the cell's cytoskeleton. Intermediate filaments (IFs) are the third major cytoskeletal elements in vertebrate cells, but are rarely considered when it comes to understanding axon and dendrite growth, pathfinding and synapse formation. In this review, we first introduce the many new and exciting concepts of IF function, discovered mostly in non-neuronal cells. These roles include dynamic rearrangements, crosstalk with microtubules and actin filaments, mechano-sensing and -transduction, and regulation of signaling cascades. We then discuss the understudied roles of neuronally expressed IFs, with a particular focus on IFs expressed during development, such as nestin, vimentin and α-internexin. Lastly, we illustrate how signaling modulation by the unconventional IF nestin shapes neuronal morphogenesis in unexpected and novel ways. Even though the first IF knockout mice were made over 20 years ago, the study of the cell biological functions of IFs in the brain still has much room for exciting new discoveries.
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- Christopher J Bott
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Javed E, Thangavel C, Frara N, Singh J, Mohanty I, Hypolite J, Birbe R, Braverman AS, Den RB, Rattan S, Zderic SA, Deshpande DA, Penn RB, Ruggieri MR, Chacko S, Boopathi E. Increased expression of desmin and vimentin reduces bladder smooth muscle contractility via JNK2. FASEB J 2019; 34:2126-2146. [PMID: 31909533 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201901301r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Bladder dysfunction is associated with the overexpression of the intermediate filament (IF) proteins desmin and vimentin in obstructed bladder smooth muscle (BSM). However, the mechanisms by which these proteins contribute to BSM dysfunction are not known. Previous studies have shown that desmin and vimentin directly participate in signal transduction. In this study, we hypothesized that BSM dysfunction associated with overexpression of desmin or vimentin is mediated via c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). We employed a model of murine BSM tissue in which increased expression of desmin or vimentin was induced by adenoviral transduction to examine the sufficiency of increased IF protein expression to reduce BSM contraction. Murine BSM strips overexpressing desmin or vimentin generated less force in response to KCl and carbachol relative to the levels in control murine BSM strips, an effect associated with increased JNK2 phosphorylation and reduced myosin light chain (MLC20 ) phosphorylation. Furthermore, desmin and vimentin overexpressions did not alter BSM contractility and MLC20 phosphorylation in strips isolated from JNK2 knockout mice. Pharmacological JNK2 inhibition produced results qualitatively similar to those caused by JNK2 knockout. These findings suggest that inhibition of JNK2 may improve diminished BSM contractility associated with obstructive bladder disease.
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- Elham Javed
- Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cooper University Health Care, Camden, NJ, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Urology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Division of Urology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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The cornea is a transparent outermost structure of the eye anterior segment comprising the highest density of innervated tissue. In the process of corneal innervation, trigeminal ganglion originated corneal nerves diligently traverse different corneal cell types in different corneal layers including the corneal stroma and epithelium. While crossing the stromal and epithelial cell layers during innervation, due to the existing physical contacts, close interactions occur between stromal keratocytes, epithelial cells, resident immune cells and corneal nerves. Furthermore, by producing various trophic and growth factors corneal cells assist in maintaining the growth and function of corneal nerves. Similarly, corneal nerve generated growth factors critically modify the corneal cell function in all the corneal layers. Due to their close association and contacts, on-going cross-communication between these cell types and corneal nerves play a vital role in the modulation of corneal nerve function, regeneration during wound healing. The present review highlights the influence of different corneal cell types and growth factors released from these cells on corneal nerve regeneration and function.
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- Bhavani S Kowtharapu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Rostock University Medical Centre, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Rostock University Medical Centre, Rostock, Germany
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Hu H, Dong Z, Wang X, Bai L, Lei Q, Yang J, Li L, Li Q, Liu L, Zhang Y, Ji Y, Guo L, Liu Y, Cui H. Dehydrocorydaline inhibits cell proliferation, migration and invasion via suppressing MEK1/2-ERK1/2 cascade in melanoma. Onco Targets Ther 2019; 12:5163-5175. [PMID: 31456643 PMCID: PMC6620435 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s183558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Purpose: Alkaloids are naturally occurring chemical compounds that are widely distributed in plants, and have pharmaceutical values and low toxicity. In recent years, some of them have been demonstrated to be promising therapeutic drug candidates for cancer treatment. Herein, we tried to explore the antitumor effect of dehydrocorydaline (DHC), a natural alkaloid isolated from Corydalis, on malignant melanoma. Methods: We treated two malignant metastatic melanoma cell lines, A375 and MV3, and a normal melanocyte cell line, PIG1, with various concentrations of DHC for set amounts of time, and detected cell proliferation, migration, and invasion by using MTT, BrdU, transwell, Western blot and soft agar assay in vitro and tumorigenicity in the xenografts in vivo. Results: Our results showed that DHC dramatically blocked cell proliferation and led to cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase and downregulated the expressions of cell cycle regulators CDK6 and Cyclin D1 in melanoma cells. However, DHC had little inhibitory effect on normal melanocyte cell line PIG-1. Meanwhile, DHC suppressed cell invasion and migration through modulating the epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers including E-cadherin, vimentin, as well as β-catenin. In addition, DHC also significantly attenuated tumor growth in vivo. The expressions of cell cycle-related and metastasis-related proteins were further confirmed by immunohistochemical staining in the xenografts. Importantly, MEK1/2-ERK1/2 cascade was inactivated after DHC treatment and ERK activator t-butylhydroquinone (tBHQ) treatment rescued DHC-induced cell proliferation inhibition. Conclusions: Our results indicated that DHC inhibited cell proliferation and migration/invasion via inactivating MAPK signaling, and showed that DHC might be a potential novel drug to treat malignant melanoma.
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- Huanrong Hu
- Department of Dermatology, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Engineering Research Center for Cancer Biomedical and Translational Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Silk Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Engineering Research Center for Cancer Biomedical and Translational Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Silk Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Engineering Research Center for Cancer Biomedical and Translational Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Silk Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Engineering Research Center for Cancer Biomedical and Translational Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Silk Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Engineering Research Center for Cancer Biomedical and Translational Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Silk Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Engineering Research Center for Cancer Biomedical and Translational Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Silk Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Dermatology, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Dermatology, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Dermatology, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Dermatology, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Dermatology, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Dermatology, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Engineering Research Center for Cancer Biomedical and Translational Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.,Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Silk Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
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Hausott B, Klimaschewski L. Promotion of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration by Stimulation of the Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase (ERK) Pathway. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2019; 302:1261-1267. [PMID: 30951263 PMCID: PMC6767477 DOI: 10.1002/ar.24126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Peripherally projecting neurons undergo significant morphological changes during development and regeneration. This neuroplasticity is controlled by growth factors, which bind specific membrane bound kinase receptors that in turn activate two major intracellular signal transduction cascades. Besides the PI3 kinase/AKT pathway, activated extracellular signal‐regulated kinase (ERK) plays a key role in regulating the mode and speed of peripheral axon outgrowth in the adult stage. Cell culture studies and animal models revealed that ERK signaling is mainly involved in elongative axon growth in vitro and long‐distance nerve regeneration in vivo. Here, we review ERK dependent morphological plasticity in adult peripheral neurons and evaluate the therapeutic potential of interfering with regulators of ERK signaling to promote nerve regeneration. Anat Rec, 302:1261–1267, 2019. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Barbara Hausott
- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Division of Neuroanatomy, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Division of Neuroanatomy, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Anti-vimentin antibodies in transplant and disease. Hum Immunol 2019; 80:602-607. [PMID: 30926354 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2019.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Non-HLA antibodies are recognized as a potential source of antibody mediated rejection following transplantation. The epitopes which lead to production of these antibodies are a result of tissue disruption, specifically endothelium, secondary to inflammation and injury. Vimentin is a cytoskeletal protein involved in many aspects of cellular organization, signaling, and proliferation. Recently, antivimentin antibodies have been shown to be important not only for rheumatological autoimmune diseases, but also cardiac and renal transplant dysfunction. In cardiac transplant recipients, antivimentin antibodies are associated with coronary artery vasculopathy and chronic graft loss. In renal transplantation, antivimentin antibodies are detected prior to transplantation and are also correlated with chronic graft dysfunction. In renal transplant recipients, antivimentin antibodies seen prior to transplantation are thought to be secondary to chronic endothelial injury during hemodialysis and therefore more prevalent prior to renal transplant than cardiac transplantation. In this review, we will examine the generation and pathogenesis of antivimentin antibodies. Given that these antibodies appear to be associated with both post-cardiac and -renal transplant dysfunction, developing standard detection paradigms may be important for risk stratification prior to transplantation. Finally, understanding the pathogenesis of antivimentin antibodies may lead to the development potential therapies in order to improve long-term survival.
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Koley S, Rozenbaum M, Fainzilber M, Terenzio M. Translating regeneration: Local protein synthesis in the neuronal injury response. Neurosci Res 2019; 139:26-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2018.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Wang Z, Divanyan A, Jourd'heuil FL, Goldman RD, Ridge KM, Jourd'heuil D, Lopez-Soler RI. Vimentin expression is required for the development of EMT-related renal fibrosis following unilateral ureteral obstruction in mice. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2018; 315:F769-F780. [PMID: 29631355 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00340.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Most renal transplants ultimately fail secondary to chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN). Vimentin (vim) is a member of the intermediate filament family of proteins and has been shown to be important in the development of CAN. One of the pathways leading to chronic renal fibrosis after transplant is thought to be epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT). Even though vim expression is one of the main steps of EMT, it is unknown whether vim expression is required for EMT leading to renal fibrosis and allograft loss. To this end, the role of vim in renal fibrosis was determined via unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) in vim knockout mice (129 svs6 vim -/-). Following UUO, kidneys were recovered and analyzed via Western blotting, immunofluorescence, and transcriptomics. Cultured human proximal renal tubular (HK-2) cells were subjected to lentiviral-driven inhibition of vim expression and then treated with transforming growth factor (TGF)-β to undergo EMT. Immunoblotting as well as wound healing assays were used to determine development of EMT. Western blotting analyses of mice undergoing UUO reveal increased levels of vim soon after UUO. As expected, interstitial collagen deposition increased in control mice following UUO but decreased in vim -/- kidneys. Immunofluorescence analyses also revealed altered localization of β-catenin in vim -/- mice undergoing UUO without significant changes in mRNA levels. However, RNA sequencing revealed a decrease in β-catenin-dependent genes in vim -/- kidneys. Finally, vim-silenced HK-2 cell lines undergoing EMT were shown to have decreased cellular migration during wound healing. We conclude that vim inhibition decreases fibrosis following UUO by possibly altering β-catenin localization and downstream signaling.
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- Zheng Wang
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College , Albany, New York
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College , Albany, New York
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College , Albany, New York
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University , Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University , Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College , Albany, New York
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- Division of Surgery, Section of Transplantation, Albany Medical Center , Albany, New York
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Kim KJ, Namgung U. Facilitating effects of Buyang Huanwu decoction on axonal regeneration after peripheral nerve transection. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2018; 213:56-64. [PMID: 29102766 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2017.10.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Revised: 10/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE In traditional Asian medicine, Buyang Huanwu decoction (BYHWD) has been used for the treatment of cardiovascular and neurological disorders. Recent experimental studies have begun to provide evidence on the protective effects of BYHWD on injured peripheral nerves. AIM OF THE STUDY To examine whether BYHWD was effective in inducing axonal regeneration after peripheral nerve transection, and if so, how it acted on the nerve. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sciatic nerve in rats was transected and resutured 0, 1, or 4 weeks later. BYHWD was orally administered daily into the animals with nerve transection and coaptation (NTC). Axonal regeneration was measured by immunofluorescence staining of NF-200 and superior cervical ganglion 10 (SCG10) and by retrograde tracing method. Changes of protein levels in the sciatic nerve were analyzed by western blot analysis. Effects of BYHWD and its constituents on neurite outgrowth were analyzed in cultured dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Hot plate and treadmill training tests were performed to assess the levels of functional recovery after nerve injury. RESULTS The rate of axonal regeneration was attenuated by delayed coaptation after transection, but improved by BYHWD treatment. Levels of phospho-Erk1/2 and Cdc2 phosphorylation of vimentin, measured as indicators of the activation of regenerating axons and supportive Schwann cells, were increased in the sciatic nerve of NTC animals, and their distribution in the proximal and distal nerves were affected by BYHWD treatment. Treatment of BYHWD during the period of chronic denervation significantly increased axonal regeneration when analyzed by immunofluorescence staining and retrograde tracing methods. Neurite outgrowth of DRG neurons cocultured with Schwann cells from the chronically transected sciatic nerves was enhanced by BYHWD treatment. Radix Paeoniae Rubra induced neurite outgrowth most efficiently among all herbal constituents of BYHWD. Finally, hot plate and treadmill training tests demonstrated that BYHWD administration significantly improved the sensorimotor nerve function in NTC animals. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that BYHWD treatment may contribute to the timely interaction between regenerating axons and distal Schwann cells in the transected nerve and facilitate axonal regeneration.
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- Ki-Joong Kim
- Department of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University, Daejeon 34520, South Korea
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- Department of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University, Daejeon 34520, South Korea.
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MiR-22 suppresses epithelial-mesenchymal transition in bladder cancer by inhibiting Snail and MAPK1/Slug/vimentin feedback loop. Cell Death Dis 2018; 9:209. [PMID: 29434190 PMCID: PMC5833802 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-017-0206-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been validated to play prominent roles in the occurrence and development of bladder cancer (BCa). MiR-22 was previously reported to act as a tumor suppressor or oncomiRNA in various types of cancer. However, its accurate expression, function, and mechanism in BCa remain unclear. Here, we find that miR-22 is frequently downregulated in BCa tissues compared with adjacent non-cancerous tissues. Overexpression of miR-22 significantly inhibits proliferation, migration, and invasion of BCa cells both in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, miR-22 is found to suppress cell proliferation/apoptosis by directly targeting MAPK1 (mitogen-activated protein kinase 1, ERK2) and inhibit cell motility by targeting both MAPK1 and Snail. Further statistical analysis shows that low-expression of MAPK1 or Snail is an independent prognostic factor for a better overall survival in patients with BCa (n = 401). Importantly, we describe an important regenerative feedback loop among vimentin, Slug and MAPK1 in BCa cells. MAPK1-induced Slug expression upregulates vimentin. Vimentin in turn activates MAPK1. By inhibiting Snail and MAPK1/Slug/vimentin feedback loop, miR-22 suppresses epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) of BCa cells in vitro as well as in vivo. Taken together, this study reveals that miR-22 is critical to the proliferation, apoptosis and EMT progression in BCa cells. Targeting the pathway described here may be a novel approach for inhibiting proliferation and metastasis of BCa.
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Role of Corneal Stromal Cells on Epithelial Cell Function during Wound Healing. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19020464. [PMID: 29401709 PMCID: PMC5855686 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19020464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2017] [Revised: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Following injury, corneal stromal keratocytes transform into repair-phenotype of activated stromal fibroblasts (SFs) and participate in wound repair. Simultaneously, ongoing bi-directional communications between corneal stromal-epithelial cells also play a vital role in mediating the process of wound healing. Factors produced by stromal cells are known to induce proliferation, differentiation, and motility of corneal epithelial cells, which are also subsequently the main processes that occur during wound healing. In this context, the present study aims to investigate the effect of SFs conditioned medium (SFCM) on corneal epithelial cell function along with substance P (SP). Antibody microarrays were employed to profile differentially expressed cell surface markers and cytokines in the presence of SFCM and SP. Antibody microarray data revealed enhanced expression of the ITGB1 in corneal epithelial cells following stimulation with SP whereas SFCM induced abundant expression of IL-8, ITGB1, PD1L1, PECA1, IL-15, BDNF, ICAM1, CD8A, CD44 and NTF4. All these proteins have either direct or indirect roles in epithelial cell growth, movement and adhesion related signaling cascades during tissue regeneration. We also observed activation of MAPK signaling pathway along with increased expression of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), paxillin, vimentin, β-catenin and vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) phosphorylation. Additionally, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) regulating transcription factors Slug and ZEB1 expression were enhanced in the presence of SFCM. SP enriched the expression of integrin subunits α4, α5, αV, β1 and β3 whereas SFCM increased α4, α5, αV, β1 and β5 integrin subunits. We also observed increased expression of Serpin E1 following SP and SFCM treatment. Wound healing scratch assay revealed enhanced migration of epithelial cells following the addition of SFCM. Taken together, we conclude that SFCM-mediated sustained activation of ZEB1, Slug in combination with upregulated migration-associated integrins and ERK (Extracellular signal-regulated kinase)-FAK-paxillin axis, may lead to induce type 2 EMT-like changes during corneal epithelial wound healing.
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The ERK1 and ERK2 (ERK1/2) cascade is a central signaling pathway activated by a wide variety of extracellular agents that transmit the messages of G Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) and Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs). Being such a central pathway, the activity of the cascade is well regulated, including by dynamic changes of the subcellular localization of components of the ERK1/2 cascade. In resting cells, ERK1/2 are localized in the cytosol due to their interactions with different anchoring proteins. After stimulation, ERK1/2 are phosphorylated by MEK1/2 on their regulatory TEY motif, which permits their detachment from the anchoring proteins. This detachment exposes ERK1/2 to additional phosphorylation on two serine residues (SPS motif) within the nuclear translocation signal (NTS) of the kinases. This additional phosphorylation allows ERK1/2 to interact with importin7, which consequently promotes their translocation to the nucleus. More studies are still required in order to better understand the mechanism and consequence of the nuclear translocation of ERK1/2. In this chapter, we describe some of the techniques used to study nuclear translocation of ERK1/2 in mammalian cells. We briefly mention methods such as digitonin permeabilization and cellular fractionation, as well as overexpression of reporter constructs. More thoroughly, we describe immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, and proximity ligation assay (PLA) approaches that are routinely used in our laboratory. Hopefully, the increase of knowledge based on these methods will open more opportunities for the identification of new therapeutic targets for diseases where the ERK1/2 cascade is dysregulated, such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and diabetes.
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- Denise A Berti
- Department of Biological Regulation, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Department of Biological Regulation, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
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Rile N, Liu Z, Gao L, Qi J, Zhao M, Xie Y, Su R, Zhang Y, Wang R, Li J, Xiao H, Li J. Expression of Vimentin in hair follicle growth cycle of inner Mongolian Cashmere goats. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:38. [PMID: 29320989 PMCID: PMC5764018 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4418-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The growth of Inner Mongolian Cashmere goat skin hair follicle exhibits a periodic growth pattern. The hair growth cycle is distinguished as telogen, anagen, and catagen stages. The role of vimentin in the growth process of hair follicles is evident. To elucidate the mechanism underlying the vimentin activity in the growth cycle of hair follicles, transcriptome sequencing and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry were used to obtain the nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of VIIM gene and vimentin. The amino acid and nucleic acid sequences were analyzed by comparison. Real-time quantitative PCR, Western blot, and immunohistochemistry analyzed the expression level and sites of vimentin in the three growth stages of the Inner Mongolia Cashmere goat skin samples. Results VIM gene cDNA, obtained by transcriptome sequencing, was aligned against that of the Capra hircus VIM gene. The amino acid sequence of vimentin revealed a high similarity rate across other species. The expressions of both VIM gene and vimentin were highest during the growth period and lowest in the rest period. Furthermore, vimentin was primarily expressed in the outer root sheath of the hair follicle as assessed by staining. Conclusions The sequences of the gene and protein are similar to that of other species and identical to Capra hircus. However, the expression of VIM and vimentin was proportional to that of the growth of hair follicles. And vimentin expressed only in the outer root sheath of hair follicles. Thus, vimentin was speculated to participate in the regulation of the hair follicle growth cycle by affecting the outer root sheath.
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- Nai Rile
- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot, China.,Key Laboratory of Mutton Sheep Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Hohhot, China.,Engineering Research Center for Goat Genetics and Breeding, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot, China
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- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China. .,Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot, China.
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- Baotou Light Industry Vocational Technical College, Baotou, 014000, China
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- School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia University for The Nationalities, Tongliao, 028000, China
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- Inner Mongolia Academy of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Hohhot, 010018, China
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- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot, China
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- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China
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- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China
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- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China
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- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China
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- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China
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- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018, China.
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Metformin blocks progression of obesity-activated thyroid cancer in a mouse model. Oncotarget 2017; 7:34832-44. [PMID: 27145454 PMCID: PMC5085193 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.8989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 04/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Compelling epidemiologic evidence indicates that obesity is associated with a high risk of human malignancies, including thyroid cancer. We previously demonstrated that a high fat diet (HFD) effectively induces the obese phenotype in a mouse model of aggressive follicular thyroid cancer (ThrbPV/PVPten+/−mice). We showed that HFD promotes cancer progression through aberrant activation of the leptin-JAK2-STAT3 signaling pathway. HFD-promoted thyroid cancer progression allowed us to test other molecular targets for therapeutic opportunity for obesity-induced thyroid cancer. Metformin is a widely used drug to treat patients with type II diabetes. It has been shown to reduce incidences of neoplastic diseases and cancer mortality in type II diabetes patients. The present study aimed to test whether metformin could be a therapeutic for obesity-activated thyroid cancer. ThrbPV/PVPten+/−mice were fed HFD together with metformin or vehicle-only, as controls, for 20 weeks. While HFD-ThrbPV/PVPten+/−mice had shorter survival than LFD-treated mice, metformin had no effects on the survival of HFD-ThrbPV/PVPten+/−mice. Remarkably, metformin markedly decreased occurrence of capsular invasion and completely blocked vascular invasion and anaplasia in HFD-ThrbPV/PVPten+/−mice without affecting thyroid tumor growth. The impeded cancer progression was due to the inhibitory effect of metformin on STAT3-ERK-vimentin and fibronectin-integrin signaling to decrease tumor cell invasion and de-differentiation. The present studies provide additional molecular evidence to support the link between obesity and thyroid cancer risk. Importantly, our findings suggest that metformin could be used as an adjuvant in combination with antiproliferative modalities to improve the outcome of patients with obesity-activated thyroid cancer.
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Terenzio M, Schiavo G, Fainzilber M. Compartmentalized Signaling in Neurons: From Cell Biology to Neuroscience. Neuron 2017; 96:667-679. [PMID: 29096079 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Neurons are the largest known cells, with complex and highly polarized morphologies. As such, neuronal signaling is highly compartmentalized, requiring sophisticated transfer mechanisms to convey and integrate information within and between sub-neuronal compartments. Here, we survey different modes of compartmentalized signaling in neurons, highlighting examples wherein the fundamental cell biological processes of protein synthesis and degradation, membrane trafficking, and organelle transport are employed to enable the encoding and integration of information, locally and globally within a neuron. Comparisons to other cell types indicate that neurons accentuate widely shared mechanisms, providing invaluable models for the compartmentalization and transfer mechanisms required and used by most eukaryotic cells.
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- Marco Terenzio
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK; Discoveries Centre for Regenerative and Precision Medicine at UCL, London WC1N 3BG, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Keyes JD, Parsonage D, Yammani RD, Rogers LC, Kesty C, Furdui CM, Nelson KJ, Poole LB. Endogenous, regulatory cysteine sulfenylation of ERK kinases in response to proliferative signals. Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 112:534-543. [PMID: 28843779 PMCID: PMC5623068 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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ERK-dependent signaling is key to many pathways through which extracellular signals are transduced into cell-fate decisions. One conundrum is the way in which disparate signals induce specific responses through a common, ERK-dependent kinase cascade. While studies have revealed intricate ways of controlling ERK signaling through spatiotemporal localization and phosphorylation dynamics, additional modes of ERK regulation undoubtedly remain to be discovered. We hypothesized that fine-tuning of ERK signaling could occur by cysteine oxidation. We report that ERK is actively and directly oxidized by signal-generated H2O2 during proliferative signaling, and that ERK oxidation occurs downstream of a variety of receptor classes tested in four cell lines. Furthermore, within the tested cell lines and proliferative signals, we observed that both activation loop-phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated ERK undergo sulfenylation in cells and that dynamics of ERK sulfenylation is dependent on the cell growth conditions prior to stimulation. We also tested the effect of endogenous ERK oxidation on kinase activity and report that phosphotransfer reactions are reversibly inhibited by oxidation by as much as 80-90%, underscoring the importance of considering this additional modification when assessing ERK activation in response to extracellular signals.
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- Jeremiah D Keyes
- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; Center for Molecular Signaling, Wake Forest University, USA; Center for Redox Biology and Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; Center for Redox Biology and Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; Center for Redox Biology and Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; Center for Molecular Signaling, Wake Forest University, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; Center for Molecular Signaling, Wake Forest University, USA
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- Center for Molecular Signaling, Wake Forest University, USA; Center for Redox Biology and Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA; Section on Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; Center for Molecular Signaling, Wake Forest University, USA; Center for Redox Biology and Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA; Center for Molecular Signaling, Wake Forest University, USA; Center for Redox Biology and Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA.
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Sanghvi-Shah R, Weber GF. Intermediate Filaments at the Junction of Mechanotransduction, Migration, and Development. Front Cell Dev Biol 2017; 5:81. [PMID: 28959689 PMCID: PMC5603733 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2017.00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Mechanically induced signal transduction has an essential role in development. Cells actively transduce and respond to mechanical signals and their internal architecture must manage the associated forces while also being dynamically responsive. With unique assembly-disassembly dynamics and physical properties, cytoplasmic intermediate filaments play an important role in regulating cell shape and mechanical integrity. While this function has been recognized and appreciated for more than 30 years, continually emerging data also demonstrate important roles of intermediate filaments in cell signal transduction. In this review, with a particular focus on keratins and vimentin, the relationship between the physical state of intermediate filaments and their role in mechanotransduction signaling is illustrated through a survey of current literature. Association with adhesion receptors such as cadherins and integrins provides a critical interface through which intermediate filaments are exposed to forces from a cell's environment. As a consequence, these cytoskeletal networks are posttranslationally modified, remodeled and reorganized with direct impacts on local signal transduction events and cell migratory behaviors important to development. We propose that intermediate filaments provide an opportune platform for cells to both cope with mechanical forces and modulate signal transduction.
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- Rucha Sanghvi-Shah
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, NJ, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, NJ, United States
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Lin J, Lu J, Wang C, Xue X. The prognostic values of the expression of Vimentin, TP53, and Podoplanin in patients with cervical cancer. Cancer Cell Int 2017; 17:80. [PMID: 28912668 PMCID: PMC5590120 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-017-0450-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 09/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Purpose Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), TP53, and Podoplanin have been implicated in the tumorigenesis and metastasis of human cancers. Nevertheless, the clinical significance of these markers in cancer patients is still not clear. In this study, we sought to determine the prognostic values of Vimentin, TP53, and Podoplanin in patients with cervical cancer. Methods Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and Western blot analysis were performed to determine the messenger RNA and protein expression levels of Vimentin, TP53, and Podoplanin, respectively, in cervical squamous cell carcinoma and adjacent normal cervical tissues. Additionally, the expression levels of Podoplanin were also measured in 130 cervical cancer patients (FIGO stages Ib1–IIa2) using immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining. Results The mRNA expression levels of Vimentin, TP53, and Podoplanin were considerably elevated in cervical cancer tissues, compared with those in the adjacent normal cervical tissues. Additionally, the protein expression levels of Vimentin were closely correlated with the age of onset (P = 0.007), lymph node metastasis (P = 0.007), lymphatic invasion (P = 0.024), disease recurrence (P < 0.001), and the clinical prognosis of patients with cervical cancer (P < 0.001). Our multivariate analysis also suggests that Vimentin is an independent marker for survival in cervical cancer patients. Furthermore, the expression levels of Vimentin are negatively correlated with the proliferation marker Ki67 expression. Conclusions Our data show that Vimentin can serve as an independent prognostic marker for cervical cancer patients with primary surgery. Registration number ChiCTR-TRC-06000236 Registered 15 December 2006
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- Jiaying Lin
- Department of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai, 200011 China
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- Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, 419 Fangxie Road, Shanghai, 200011 China
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- Department of Pathology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, 419 Fangxie Road, Shanghai, 200011 China
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- Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, 419 Fangxie Road, Shanghai, 200011 China
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Lopez-Soler RI, Borgia JA, Kanangat S, Fhied CL, Conti DJ, Constantino D, Ata A, Chan R, Wang Z. Anti-vimentin Antibodies Present at the Time of Transplantation May Predict Early Development of Interstitial Fibrosis/Tubular Atrophy. Transplant Proc 2017; 48:2023-33. [PMID: 27569939 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Anti-vimentin (a cytoskeletal protein) autoantibodies in renal transplant recipients have been correlated with interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy (IFTA). In this study, we examine the association between pretransplantation anti-vimentin antibodies and the subsequent development of IFTA. METHODS Sera obtained before renal transplantation from 97 transplant recipients were analyzed for the presence of anti-vimentin antibodies via Luminex assays to determine the concentration of anti-vimentin antibodies. Results were correlated with findings of IFTA on biopsy as well as graft function and patient and graft survival. RESULTS In our patient population, 56 of 97 patients were diagnosed by biopsy with IFTA 2.9 (±2.1) years after renal transplantation. Patients with IFTA on biopsy had higher mean concentration of anti-vimentin antibodies when compared to patients without IFTA (32.2 μg/mL [3.97-269.12 μg/mL] vs 14.57 μg/mL [4.71-87.81 μg/mL]). The risk of developing IFTA with a concentration of anti-vimentin antibody >15 μg/mL before transplantation was 1.96 (95% CI = 1.38-2.79, P = .011). Patients with elevated anti-vimentin antibody concentrations (>15 μg/mL) at the time of transplantation also had a higher risk of developing IFTA (81.4% vs 41.2%; P < .05). In addition, graft function was worse at 1, 3, and 5 years posttransplantation in patients with elevated concentrations of pretransplantation anti-vimentin antibody. Although there were more graft losses in the IFTA groups (49.12% vs 25.64%, P = .021) and the IFTA patients loss their grafts earlier (4.3 years vs 3.6 years), there was no statistical difference in graft loss rates. CONCLUSIONS Pretransplantation anti-vimentin antibody concentrations >15 μg/mL may be a risk factor for IFTA.
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- R I Lopez-Soler
- Division of Surgery, Section of Transplantation, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Surgery, Section of Transplantation, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York
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- Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York
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- Division of Surgery, Section of Transplantation, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York
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- Division of Surgery, Section of Transplantation, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York
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- Center For Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York
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Regulated transport of signaling proteins from synapse to nucleus. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2017; 45:78-84. [PMID: 28502891 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Synapse-to-nucleus communication is essential for neural development, plasticity, and repair. In addition to fast electrochemical signaling, neurons employ a slower mechanism of protein transport from synapse-to-nucleus. This mechanism provides potential advantages, including the encoding of spatial information. Many synaptonuclear signaling proteins are transported from the postsynaptic compartment to the nucleus in an activity-dependent manner. The phosphorylation state of two such proteins, CRTC1 and Jacob, is dependent on the stimulus type. While most studies have focused on postsynaptic synaptonuclear communication, a transcriptional co-repressor, CtBP1, was recently discovered to undergo activity-dependent translocation from the presynaptic compartment to the nucleus. Recent evidence indicates that synapse-to-nucleus communication could be cell type-specific, including the identification of a distinct mechanism of excitation-transcription coupling in inhibitory neurons.
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Bargagna-Mohan P, Ishii A, Lei L, Sheehy D, Pandit S, Chan G, Bansal R, Mohan R. Sustained activation of ERK1/2 MAPK in Schwann cells causes corneal neurofibroma. J Neurosci Res 2017; 95:1712-1729. [PMID: 28489286 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2016] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Recent studies have shown that constitutive activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) in Schwann cells (SCs) increases myelin thickness in transgenic mice. In this secondary analysis, we report that these transgenic mice develop a postnatal corneal neurofibroma with the loss of corneal transparency by age six months. We show that expansion of non-myelinating SCs, under the control of activated ERK1/2, also drive myofibroblast differentiation that derives from both SC precursors and resident corneal keratocytes. Further, these mice also harbor activated mast cells in the central cornea, which contributes to pathological corneal neovascularization and fibrosis. This breach of corneal avascularity and immune status is associated with the growth of the tumor pannus, resulting in a corneal stroma that is nearly four times its normal size. In corneas with advanced disease, some axons became ectopically myelinated, and the disruption of Remak bundles is evident. To determine whether myofibroblast differentiation was linked to vimentin, we examined the levels and phosphorylation status of this fibrotic biomarker. Concomitant with the early upregulation of vimentin, a serine 38-phosphorylated isoform of vimentin (pSer38vim) increased in SCs, which was attributed primarily to the soluble fraction of protein-not the cytoskeletal portion. However, the overexpressed pSer38vim became predominantly cytoskeletal with the growth of the corneal tumor. Our findings demonstrate an unrecognized function of ERK1/2 in the maintenance of corneal homeostasis, wherein its over-activation in SCs promotes corneal neurofibromas. This study is also the first report of a genetically engineered mouse that spontaneously develops a corneal tumor.
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center
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Piotrowski-Daspit AS, Tien J, Nelson CM. Interstitial fluid pressure regulates collective invasion in engineered human breast tumors via Snail, vimentin, and E-cadherin. Integr Biol (Camb) 2016; 8:319-31. [PMID: 26853861 DOI: 10.1039/c5ib00282f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Many solid tumors exhibit elevated interstitial fluid pressure (IFP). This elevated pressure within the core of the tumor results in outward flow of interstitial fluid to the tumor periphery. We previously found that the directionality of IFP gradients modulates collective invasion from the surface of patterned three-dimensional (3D) aggregates of MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells. Here, we used this 3D engineered tumor model to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying IFP-induced changes in invasive phenotype. We found that IFP alters the expression of genes associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Specifically, the levels of Snail, vimentin, and E-cadherin were increased under pressure conditions that promoted collective invasion. These changes in gene expression were sufficient to direct collective invasion in response to IFP. Furthermore, we found that IFP modulates the motility and persistence of individual cells within the aggregates, which are also influenced by the expression levels of EMT markers. Together, these data provide insight into the molecular mechanisms that guide collective invasion from primary tumors in response to IFP.
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- Alexandra S Piotrowski-Daspit
- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton University, 303 Hoyt Laboratory, William Street, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA and Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton University, 303 Hoyt Laboratory, William Street, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. and Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Reales-Calderón JA, Vaz C, Monteoliva L, Molero G, Gil C. Candida albicans Modifies the Protein Composition and Size Distribution of THP-1 Macrophage-Derived Extracellular Vesicles. J Proteome Res 2016; 16:87-105. [PMID: 27740763 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The effectiveness of macrophages in the response to systemic candidiasis is crucial to an effective clearance of the pathogen. The secretion of proteins, mRNAs, noncoding RNAs and lipids through extracellular vesicles (EVs) is one of the mechanisms of communication between immune cells. EVs change their cargo to mediate different responses, and may play a role in the response against infections. Thus we have undertaken the first quantitative proteomic analysis on the protein composition of THP-1 macrophage-derived EVs during the interaction with Candida albicans. This study revealed changes in EVs sizes and in protein composition, and allowed the identification and quantification of 717 proteins. Of them, 133 proteins changed their abundance due to the interaction. The differentially abundant proteins were involved in functions relating to immune response, signaling, or cytoskeletal reorganization. THP-1-derived EVs, both from control and from Candida-infected macrophages, had similar effector functions on other THP-1-differenciated macrophages, activating ERK and p38 kinases, and increasing both the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and the candidacidal activity; while in THP-1 nondifferenciated monocytes, only EVs from infected macrophages increased significantly the TNF-α secretion. Our findings provide new information on the role of macrophage-derived EVs in response to C. albicans infection and in macrophages communication.
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- Jose Antonio Reales-Calderón
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n , Madrid 28040, Spain.,Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS) , Madrid 28034, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n , Madrid 28040, Spain.,Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS) , Madrid 28034, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n , Madrid 28040, Spain.,Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS) , Madrid 28034, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n , Madrid 28040, Spain.,Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS) , Madrid 28034, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n , Madrid 28040, Spain.,Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS) , Madrid 28034, Spain
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Lin L, Wang G, Ming J, Meng X, Han B, Sun B, Cai J, Jiang C. Analysis of expression and prognostic significance of vimentin and the response to temozolomide in glioma patients. Tumour Biol 2016; 37:15333-15339. [PMID: 27704357 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-016-5462-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Gliomas are the most common primary intracranial malignant tumors in adults. Surgical resection followed by optional radiotherapy and chemotherapy is the current standard therapy for glioma patients. Vimentin, a protein of intermediate filament family, could maintain the cellular integrity and participate in several cell signal pathways to modulate the motility and invasion of cancer cells. The purpose of the present research was to identify the relationship between vimentin expression and clinical characteristics and detect the prognostic and predictive ability of vimentin in patients with glioma. To determine the expression of vimentin in glioma tissues, paraffin-embedded blocks from glioma patients by surgical resection were obtained and evaluated by immunohistochemistry. To further investigate the association of vimentin expression with survival, we employed mRNA expression of vimentin genes from the Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas (CGGA) and the GSE 16011 dataset. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox regression model were used to statistical analysis. We detected positive vimentin straining in 84 % of high-grade compared to 47 % in low-grade glioma patients. Additionally, vimentin mRNA expression was correlated with glioma grade in both CGGA and GSE16011 dataset. Patients with low vimentin expression have longer survival than high expression. In multivariate analysis, vimentin was an independent significant prognostic factor for high-grade glioma patients. We also identified that glioblastoma patients with low vimentin expression had a better response to temozolomide therapy. Vimentin expression has a significant association with tumor grade and overall survival of high-grade glioma patients. Low vimentin expression may benefit from temozolomide therapy.
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- Lin Lin
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 246 XueFu Road, NanGang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150086, China
- Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 246 XueFu Road, NanGang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150086, China
- Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 246 XueFu Road, NanGang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150086, China
- Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 246 XueFu Road, NanGang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150086, China
- Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 246 XueFu Road, NanGang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150086, China
- Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 246 XueFu Road, NanGang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150086, China
- Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 246 XueFu Road, NanGang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150086, China.
- Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), Beijing, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 246 XueFu Road, NanGang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150086, China.
- Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), Beijing, China.
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Miyahara K, Kazama H, Kokuba H, Komatsu S, Hirota A, Takemura J, Hirasawa K, Moriya S, Abe A, Hiramoto M, Ishikawa T, Miyazawa K. Targeting bortezomib-induced aggresome formation using vinorelbine enhances the cytotoxic effect along with ER stress loading in breast cancer cell lines. Int J Oncol 2016; 49:1848-1858. [PMID: 27601063 PMCID: PMC5063435 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2016.3673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The ubiquitin-proteasome and autophagy-lysosome pathways are two major self-digestive systems for cellular proteins. Ubiquitinated misfolded proteins are degraded mostly by proteasome. However, when ubiquitinated proteins accumulate beyond the capacity of proteasome clearance, they are transported to the microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) along the microtubules to form aggresomes, and subsequently some of them are degraded by the autophagy-lysosome system. We previously reported that macrolide antibiotics such as azithromycin and clarithromycin block autophagy flux, and that concomitant treatment with the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib (BZ) and macrolide enhances endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated apoptosis in breast cancer cells. As ubiquitinated proteins are concentrated at the aggresome upon proteasome failure, we focused on the microtubule as the scaffold of this transport pathway for aggresome formation. Treatment of metastatic breast cancer cell lines (e.g., MDA-MB‑231 cells) with BZ resulted in induction of aggresomes, which immunocytochemistry detected as a distinctive eyeball-shaped vimentin-positive inclusion body that formed in a perinuclear lesion, and that electron microscopy detected as a sphere of fibrous structure with some dense amorphous deposit. Vinorelbine (VNR), which inhibits microtubule polymerization, more effectively suppressed BZ-induced aggresome formation than paclitaxel (PTX), which stabilizes microtubules. Combined treatment using BZ and VNR, but not PTX, enhanced the cytotoxic effect and apoptosis induction along with pronounced ER stress loading such as upregulation of GRP78 and CHOP/GADD153. The addition of azithromycin to block autophagy flux in the BZ plus VNR-containing cell culture further enhanced the cytotoxicity. These data suggest that suppression of BZ-induced aggresome formation using an inhibitory drug such as VNR for microtubule polymerization is a novel strategy for metastatic breast cancer therapy.
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- Kana Miyahara
- Department of Breast Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery), Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Ingels A, Hew M, Algaba F, de Boer OJ, van Moorselaar RJA, Horenblas S, Zondervan P, de la Rosette JJMCH, Pilar Laguna Pes M. Vimentin over-expression and carbonic anhydrase IX under-expression are independent predictors of recurrence, specific and overall survival in non-metastatic clear-cell renal carcinoma: a validation study. World J Urol 2016; 35:81-87. [PMID: 27207480 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-016-1854-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Clinical outcomes prognostic markers are awaited in clear-cell renal carcinoma (ccRCC) to improve patient-tailored management and to assess six different markers' influence on clinical outcomes from ccRCC specimen and their incremental value combined with TNM staging. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective, multicenter study. One hundred and forty-three patients with pT1b-pT3N0M0 ccRCC were included. Pathology specimens from surgeries were centrally reviewed, mounted on a tissue micro-array and stained with six markers: CAIX, c-MYC, Ki67, p53, vimentin and PTEN. Images were captured through an Ultra Fast Scanner. Tumor expression was measured with Image Pro Plus. Cytoplasmic markers (PTEN, CAIX, vimentin, c-MYC) were expressed as surface percentage of expression. Nuclear markers (Ki67, p53) were expressed as number of cells/mm2. Clinical data and markers expression were compared with clinical outcomes. Each variable was included in the Cox proportional multivariate analyses if p < 0.10 on univariate analyses. Discrimination of the new marker was calculated with Harrell's concordance index. RESULTS At median follow-up of 63 months (IQR 35.0-91.8), on multivariate analysis, CAIX under-expression and vimentin over-expression were associated with worse survival (recurrence, specific and overall survival). A categorical marker CAIX-/Vimentin+ with cutoff points for CAIX and vimentin of 30 and 50 %, respectively, was designed. The new CAIX-/Vimentin+ marker presented a good concordance and comparable calibration to the reference model. Limitations are the retrospective design, the need for external validation and the large study period. CONCLUSION Using an automated technique of measurement, CAIX and vimentin are independent predictors of clinical outcomes in ccRCC.
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- A Ingels
- Department of Urology, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Postbus 22660, 1100DD, Amsterdam, Netherlands. .,IR4M, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805, Villejuif, France. .,Service d'urologie Hôpital Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général Leclerc, 94271, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
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- Department of Urology, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Postbus 22660, 1100DD, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, c/Cartagena 340-350, 08025, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, AMC University of Amsterdam, Postbus 22660, 1100DD, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, VU University Medical Center, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Postbus 22660, 1100DD, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Postbus 22660, 1100DD, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Postbus 22660, 1100DD, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Sengupta MB, Chakrabarti A, Saha S, Mukhopadhyay D. Clinical proteomics of enervated neurons. Clin Proteomics 2016; 13:10. [PMID: 27152104 PMCID: PMC4857373 DOI: 10.1186/s12014-016-9112-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The dynamic field of neurosciences entails ever increasing search for molecular mechanisms of disease states, especially in the domain of neurodegenerative disorders. The previous century heralded the techniques in proteomics when indexing of the human proteomes relating to various disease conditions became important. Early stage research in certain diseases or pathological conditions requires a more holistic approach of first discovering the proteins of interest for the condition. Despite its limitations, proteomics is one of the most powerful techniques available to us today to dissect the molecular scenario in a particular disease situation. In this review we will discuss about the current clinical research in neurodegenerative disorders that employ proteomics techniques. We will specifically focus on our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic spinal cord injury and neuromyelitis optica. Discussions will include ongoing worldwide research in these areas, research in India and specifically our laboratory in these domains of neurodegenerative conditions.
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- Mohor Biplab Sengupta
- Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064 India
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- Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064 India
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- Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064 India
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- Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064 India
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Role of Intermediate Filaments in Vesicular Traffic. Cells 2016; 5:cells5020020. [PMID: 27120621 PMCID: PMC4931669 DOI: 10.3390/cells5020020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Revised: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Intermediate filaments are an important component of the cellular cytoskeleton. The first established role attributed to intermediate filaments was the mechanical support to cells. However, it is now clear that intermediate filaments have many different roles affecting a variety of other biological functions, such as the organization of microtubules and microfilaments, the regulation of nuclear structure and activity, the control of cell cycle and the regulation of signal transduction pathways. Furthermore, a number of intermediate filament proteins have been involved in the acquisition of tumorigenic properties. Over the last years, a strong involvement of intermediate filament proteins in the regulation of several aspects of intracellular trafficking has strongly emerged. Here, we review the functions of intermediate filaments proteins focusing mainly on the recent knowledge gained from the discovery that intermediate filaments associate with key proteins of the vesicular membrane transport machinery. In particular, we analyze the current understanding of the contribution of intermediate filaments to the endocytic pathway.
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Gibbs KL, Greensmith L, Schiavo G. Regulation of Axonal Transport by Protein Kinases. Trends Biochem Sci 2016; 40:597-610. [PMID: 26410600 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2015.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Revised: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The intracellular transport of organelles, proteins, lipids, and RNA along the axon is essential for neuronal function and survival. This process, called axonal transport, is mediated by two classes of ATP-dependent motors, kinesins, and cytoplasmic dynein, which carry their cargoes along microtubule tracks. Protein kinases regulate axonal transport through direct phosphorylation of motors, adapter proteins, and cargoes, and indirectly through modification of the microtubule network. The misregulation of axonal transport by protein kinases has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several nervous system disorders. Here, we review the role of protein kinases acting directly on axonal transport and discuss how their deregulation affects neuronal function, paving the way for the exploitation of these enzymes as novel drug targets.
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- Katherine L Gibbs
- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, WC1N 3BG London, UK
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, WC1N 3BG London, UK
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, WC1N 3BG London, UK.
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Antigny F, Hautefort A, Meloche J, Belacel-Ouari M, Manoury B, Rucker-Martin C, Péchoux C, Potus F, Nadeau V, Tremblay E, Ruffenach G, Bourgeois A, Dorfmüller P, Breuils-Bonnet S, Fadel E, Ranchoux B, Jourdon P, Girerd B, Montani D, Provencher S, Bonnet S, Simonneau G, Humbert M, Perros F. Potassium Channel Subfamily K Member 3 (KCNK3) Contributes to the Development of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Circulation 2016; 133:1371-85. [PMID: 26912814 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.115.020951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mutations in the KCNK3 gene have been identified in some patients suffering from heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). KCNK3 encodes an outward rectifier K(+) channel, and each identified mutation leads to a loss of function. However, the pathophysiological role of potassium channel subfamily K member 3 (KCNK3) in PAH is unclear. We hypothesized that loss of function of KCNK3 is a hallmark of idiopathic and heritable PAH and contributes to dysfunction of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells and pulmonary artery endothelial cells, leading to pulmonary artery remodeling: consequently, restoring KCNK3 function could alleviate experimental pulmonary hypertension (PH). METHODS AND RESULTS We demonstrated that KCNK3 expression and function were reduced in human PAH and in monocrotaline-induced PH in rats. Using a patch-clamp technique in freshly isolated (not cultured) pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells and pulmonary artery endothelial cells, we found that KCNK3 current decreased progressively during the development of monocrotaline-induced PH and correlated with plasma-membrane depolarization. We demonstrated that KCNK3 modulated pulmonary arterial tone. Long-term inhibition of KCNK3 in rats induced distal neomuscularization and early hemodynamic signs of PH, which were related to exaggerated proliferation of pulmonary artery endothelial cells, pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell, adventitial fibroblasts, and pulmonary and systemic inflammation. Lastly, in vivo pharmacological activation of KCNK3 significantly reversed monocrotaline-induced PH in rats. CONCLUSIONS In PAH and experimental PH, KCNK3 expression and activity are strongly reduced in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells. KCNK3 inhibition promoted increased proliferation, vasoconstriction, and inflammation. In vivo pharmacological activation of KCNK3 alleviated monocrotaline-induced PH, thus demonstrating that loss of KCNK3 is a key event in PAH pathogenesis and thus could be therapeutically targeted.
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- Fabrice Antigny
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.).
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- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
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- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
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- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
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- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
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- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Christine Péchoux
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - François Potus
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Valérie Nadeau
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Eve Tremblay
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Grégoire Ruffenach
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Alice Bourgeois
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Peter Dorfmüller
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Sandra Breuils-Bonnet
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Elie Fadel
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Benoît Ranchoux
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Philippe Jourdon
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Barbara Girerd
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - David Montani
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Steeve Provencher
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Sébastien Bonnet
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Gérald Simonneau
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Marc Humbert
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
| | - Frédéric Perros
- From Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F.P.); AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Thorax Innovation, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); UMRS 999, INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France (F.A., A.H., C.R.-M., P.D., E.F., B.R., P.J., B.G., D.M., G.S., M.H., F. Perros); Inserm, UMR S1180, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Sud, Laboratoire d'Excellence en Recherche sur le Médicament et l'Innovation Thérapeutique, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France (M.B.-O., B.M.); Pulmonary Hypertension Research Group, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada (J.M., F. Potus, V.N., E.T., G.R., A.B., S.B.-B., S.P., S.B., F. Perros); INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale Biologie Intégrative, Equipe Plateforme MET-MIMA2-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France (C.P.); and Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France (E.F.)
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